{"id":1521,"date":"2022-12-06T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/?page_id=1521"},"modified":"2022-12-11T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:51:06","slug":"african-american-first-names","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/african-american-first-names\/","title":{"rendered":"African American First Names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are some beautiful and unusual first names that if I see them in print I immediately think that the person is African American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are historically European first names that have become increasingly common in black communities in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the links to get the in-depth review of the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beginning With D<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-demarcus-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1436\">Demarcus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-devon-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1507\">Devon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-donte-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1460\">Donte<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-dwayne-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1509\">Dwayne<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beginning With O<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-omar-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1487\">Omar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-otis-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1480\">Otis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beginning With T<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-terrell-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1475\">Terrell<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-trevor-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1495\">Trevor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-trey-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1470\">Trey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-ty-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1425\">Ty<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-tyrone-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1429\">Tyrone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Letters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-jerome-an-african-american-name-explained\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1464\">Jerome<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-leon-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1511\">Leon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-marcus-an-african-american-first-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1416\">Marcus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/is-winston-an-african-american-name\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1491\">Winston<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some beautiful and unusual first names that if I see them in print I immediately think that the person is African American. There are historically European first names that have become increasingly common in black communities in the United States. Click on the links to get the in-depth review of the name. Beginning &#8230; <a title=\"African American First Names\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/african-american-first-names\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about African American First Names\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1587,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521\/revisions\/1587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}